Show USE ISE MACHINES FOR JUDGING method recently devised deviled would stern seem to put end to all possible controversy for registering the results of 0 athletic contests the human eye and voice sometime seem painfully I 1 inadequate no d e close contests of t this il i s kind are arc now ju judged aged in some p parts a r t s of the world by judging machines one such device the invention of an austrian is designed to be placed at the finish line in a running race and consists of a light metal frame partitioned titio ned into two or more divisions each about four feet vide on top of the frame stands a small cabinet containing numbered divisions corresponding sp to the numbers of the tracks the instant the first man passes through hi hlo division a shutter r fall alls disclosing his track number the other numbers are arc immediately locked except ahen the machine G u sot set fo for final heats 1 in this case a small cI clinder c under Inder Is attached to the machine and a hammerhead strikes a mark on the revolving cylinder as the men finish thus the exact positions I 1 01 0 all competitors can be told to a nicety the same inventor has originated an automatic judging machine for bicycle races it consists ot of fine light metal strips placed in a small trench about two inches wide which is sunk stink arloss tho the track at the finish during the last lap these strips which are coated with enamel are I 1 placed in position by means of a lever and the first wheel to cross receives ce ves rive five maiks in crossing how ever it displaces one of the strips and the next wheel therefore receives only four marks and so on the sunday magazine agazine ll |